Btrfs: do not create empty block group if we have allocated data
authorLiu Bo <bo.li.liu@oracle.com>
Tue, 15 Dec 2015 02:29:32 +0000 (18:29 -0800)
committerDavid Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Thu, 28 Apr 2016 08:41:47 +0000 (10:41 +0200)
commitcf25ce518e8ef9d59b292e51193bed2b023a32da
tree4584b2acab4763b669af76859d63e17758623782
parenta2af23b7d7cb0de89570e97da84f6fb642e990a4
Btrfs: do not create empty block group if we have allocated data

Now we force to create empty block group to keep data profile alive,
however, in the below example, we eventually get an empty block group
while we're trying to get more space for other types (metadata/system),

- Before,
block group "A": size=2G, used=1.2G
block group "B": size=2G, used=512M

- After "btrfs balance start -dusage=50 mount_point",
block group "A": size=2G, used=(1.2+0.5)G
block group "C": size=2G, used=0

Since there is no data in block group C, it won't be deleted
automatically and we have to get the unused 2G until the next mount.

Balance itself just moves data and doesn't remove data, so it's safe
to not create such a empty block group if we already have data
 allocated in other block groups.

Signed-off-by: Liu Bo <bo.li.liu@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
fs/btrfs/volumes.c